9 Tips to Improve Your ACT Score—With Friends!
This post was contributed by our friends at Magoosh Test Prep. Often, it feels like ACT prep is designed only for self-study. But you don’t have to be a lone wolf to get a good ACT score. There are many fun, social ways to build up those ACT skills with friends. Here are some tips: Tip […]
10 SAT Tips You’ve Been Chasing
#10. Pick a date and stick with it! Commit to a test date and a preparation plan and stick to it. Everyone feels nervous in the days leading up to the test, putting it off will only prolong and amplify the anxiety. #9. Your test preparation will take twice as long as you thought. Pretty much […]
This Week in #CollegeApps II
If you’re filling out your college application and you don’t Tweet about it–did you really fill it out? We thought not. The Admit.me team is LIVING for your #collegeapps tweets. Here’s the best of the best from this week: #10: When you realize your childhood is RAPIDLY coming to a close: Looking at all of […]
This Week in #CollegeApps
Bring on the tears! It’s almost application season. Good thing we can all find solace on Twitter… Here are the tweets that spoke to us on a spiritual level this week: #7: On being a privileged millennial: i didn't realize how boring my life was until i tried to write a college essay — […]
Get the Most Out of Your Senior Summer
At the onset of summer, 10 weeks may seem like an eternity, but most calendars fill quickly with social, academic, and work commitments that will make you feel as if time is moving at warp speed. From a practical standpoint, there are many things you can do over the summer to position yourself for application […]
4-Word Summer Guide for Rising High School Seniors
Summer is finally here. Time to kick back and relax before the final push of your high school career, right? Unfortunately, I think this notion was generated in the same rumor mill that would have made you believe that senior year is a time to coast. Here’s the reality: If you are planning to apply to […]
4 Keywords that Should Define Your Summer before Junior Year
I’m sure you’ve heard it before. Be it from well-intended parents, counselors, or teachers, many argue: Junior year is the most important year of high school. Despite changing trends in college admissions, this sentiment still holds weight. During junior year, you will probably undertake your most rigorous course load to date. While it’s become increasingly […]
3 Questions You Should Ask Before Posting on Social Media
The allure of social media is strong: create a platform for yourself, rebrand your image, become the envy of all of your followers and friends. And truth be told, there are far-reaching positive societal changes as a result of the transparency that social media affords. But buyer beware. In just the past 24 hours alone, […]
Legacy Admission: An Unfair Advantage?
As states continue to evaluate preferential treatment for any particular group of students, one designation that has remained a relatively protected class is that of legacy admits. And I don’t think there’s any reason to believe that this will change any time in the near future, and here’s why: “I ♥ my alma mater” can go a […]
Giving Our Children the Gifts of Freedom and Failure
Let’s start with this premise: parenting is hard. There is no roadmap, except the one left behind by our own parents, which so many of us try desperately to avoid. There is no test of one’s qualifications, and if there were, who would administer it and set the standards? Would we measure intelligence? Aptitude? Compassion? […]